The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography (Record no. 59927)
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| 001 - CONTROL NUMBER | |
| control field | 59927 |
| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20260219124033.0 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9781439580165 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Original cataloging agency | AIS |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 652.8'09 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Simon Singh |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | The Code Book: The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum Cryptography |
| 250 ## - EDITION STATEMENT | |
| Edition statement | 1st |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Anchor Books |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | 2000 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc. | In his first book since the bestselling Fermat's Enigma, Simon Singh offers the first sweeping history of encryption, tracing its evolution and revealing the dramatic effects codes have had on wars, nations, and individual lives. From Mary, Queen of Scots, trapped by her own code, to the Navajo Code Talkers who helped the Allies win World War II, to the incredible (and incredibly simple) logisitical breakthrough that made Internet commerce secure, The Code Book tells the story of the most powerful intellectual weapon ever known: secrecy. Throughout the text are clear technical and mathematical explanations, and portraits of the remarkable personalities who wrote and broke the world's most difficult codes. Accessible, compelling, and remarkably far-reaching, this book will forever alter your view of history and what drives it. It will also make you wonder how private that e-mail you just sent really is. |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Cryptography |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | History |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Data encryption |
| 655 ## - INDEX TERM--GENRE/FORM | |
| Genre/form data or focus term | Nonfiction |
| 856 ## - ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS | |
| Uniform Resource Identifier | <a href="<WEB_URL_ROOT_PATH>/MNG06/The Code Book How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It (Simon Singh) (z-lib.org).pdf"><WEB_URL_ROOT_PATH>/MNG06/The Code Book How to Make It, Break It, Hack It, Crack It (Simon Singh) (z-lib.org).pdf</a> |
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